Du Fu Now Released, What Am I Like Drifting In The Wind? 杜甫 飄飄何所似 天地一沙鷗 Poem by Frank Yue

Lǚ Yè Shū Huai:
"One Night on My Journey Writing about My Feelings"
-by DU FU（712－770）
-Translated by Frank C Yue

Blow'ng gently ashore, the breeze bends small grass in sight;
Sleepless, I'm in a lone boat with tall mast at night.
The vast plain seems much wider beneath the starry dome;
The Moon swims amidst the Great River's watery foam.
Has all my fame solely on all my poems depend'd?
With old age and ill health, all official posts should end.
Now released, what am I like drifting in the wind?
A speck of a sand-gull, between Heav'n and Earth seen!

(2013.09.02)


《旅夜書懐》 唐 •杜甫

細草微風岸， 危檣獨夜舟。
星垂平野闊， 月湧大江流。
名豈文章著， 官應老病休。
飄飄何所似?天地一沙鷗。

《旅夜书怀》唐 •杜甫

细草微风岸， 危樯独夜舟。
星垂平野阔， 月涌大江流。
名岂文章著， 官应老病休。
飘飘何所似？ 天地一沙鸥。